Europe

Local authorities work relentlessly to organise housing, care and schooling. But they are exhausted and so is the system

The Czechs, who have always regarded themselves as part of “the west” know the dangers of appeasement better than any other nation. They will not back down on Putin

The plight of those who felt compelled to leave when that reality ended is often overlooked

The Lib Dem leader says rejoining the European Union is currently off the table

Critics call it Islamophobic – but Emmanuel Macron’s ban on the abaya, the long Islamic dress, in schools has won surprising support

The UK would do well to learn from and adapt the successes of countries like Germany for its own betterment

The country's ghost villages deserve to be reinvented for modern use

Thanks to his Invictus Games, traumatised German soldiers have been brought, rightly, into the limelight

Support for the movement may have dwindled from previous years, but could this be a pivotal moment for Catalans?

Meanwhile, the elite in Westminster have been lying, fingers crossed behind their backs

The Commission president's state of the union speech saw her press for expansion for the union’s own good

Spain’s women have progressed – it’s the nation’s men who, sometimes, lag behind

Nicolas Sarkozy’s reappearance in the media demonstrates that public opinion in the country is far from uniform

The creatures were accidentally introduced in 2012 and haven’t exactly gained favour with the locals

With trust levels down, it’s time for the German media to win people back

How do you talk terms with someone like Vladimir Putin? The former head of GCHQ on how to create real peace from bloodshed

Beloved of celebrities, the SS Normandie was the fastest, most beautiful ocean-going liner of them all – yet it was doomed from the start

Brexiteers are looking at the country’s crisis with glee. But their schadenfreude might just be misplaced

Pulling out of the ECHR would trash whatever reputation Britain has left

Toulouse-Lautrec was an aristocrat who recognised in the outliers of society a shared vulnerable otherness

This Danish colloquialism for menstruation is just one of countless slang terms and phrases – often demeaning – that apply to women

If history had been different, Lope de Vega might have been regarded as the greatest dramatist of them all

As Rimbaud’s masterpiece A Season In Hell turns 150, reappraising the short life and wild times of a talented, toxic “damned soul”

In recent years, Paris has experienced a cycling boom, but this has brought with it its own set of challenges

The problem with Italy’s transport isn’t its bridges, but its roads, trains and green infrastructure – or rather lack of

An influx of digital nomads in Spain has caused a rent spiral, pricing locals out of their own area

Thanks to French singer-songwriter Jain, the life of Miriam Makeba has had a recent renaissance on social media

Whichever side of Sardinia you visit, you’ll likely find yourself hiding in a cave away from the scorching heat

This comforting and easy salad works as a refreshing aside to a barbecue, sun willing, or a main course

Technology is making forged paintings easier to identify, and giving us a chance to appreciate the art and craft of the counterfeiters

Amid strikes and sexism, the Venice Film Festival plays it safe

Public opinion is divided over an antisemitic leaflet, which Aiwanger denies authorship of, that emerged from the Bavaria premier’s teenage years